SYRIA

Jan 26, 2018 debka - Iran has 82,000 fighters in Syria, 3,000 IRG, 10,000 Hizballah and misc Shiite militias.

Afrin, Syria
Jan 27, 2018 - Turks are the real terrorists. Turkey attacked Afrin, Afrin will defend itself. International volunteers came to Afrin to fight Turkey (ISIS). Afrin is a Kurd enclave in northern Syria north of Aleppo 30 km from Turkey border.
Its separated from other Kurd territories to the east.
www.rt.com/news/417109-turkey-military-operation-afrin
tinyurl.com/AfrnSyrTrk


Putin to evict Iran from Syria
Jan 29, 2018 GOOD! - Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to end Iran militias including Hellzballah. Putin plan for his Sochi conference with Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu. Elections to the presidency and parliament guaranteed by Moscow, with all parts of the population allowed to vote.

The new constitution will reflect the demographic changes. Sunnis will win majority in parliament, President Bashar Assad’s Allawite sect will no longer be privileged as a ruling minority.

A New National Syrian Army - NSA - will replace the government force.
Moscow is committed to funding the new army and furnishing it with modern weapons.

Putin conferred with Riyadh and Cairo, who showed it to Trump.
Saudis claim the regions are not clearly laid out. Russia replied that the NSA would be taking over. But Riyadh insisted on an explicit provision mandating the expulsion of all armed foreign forces from Syria.
tinyurl.com/SyriaxNEW

Russian warplane shot down
Feb 3, 2018 - Russian warplane shot down (by ISIS) in Idlib, Syria, the pilot was killed as he resisted capture by jihadists. Pilot parachutes from downed aircraft, killed resisting capture.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/03/syria-rebels-shoot-russian-plane
www.timesofisrael.com/syria-rebels-down-russian-fighter-jet-capture-pilot-monitor


Assad doesnt want war
Feb 5, 2018 - Syria President Bashar Assad told Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu - We won’t start war or let foreign forces control our borders. Assad wants to reunify Syria and rebuild. “We are a sovereign nation. We shall not hand our borders over to the control of any forces other than Syrian.”

Lebanese President Michel Aoun assured Israel that there were no Iranian missile factories in Lebanon. Israel also is not looking for war, but will defend themselves.
www.debka.com/assad-rare-message-israel-wont-start-war-let-foreign-forces-control-borders


Feb 5, 2018 debka 7 Turkish soldiers were killed , raising deaths to 14 since their Jan. 20 invasion of Afrin, Syria.

Can Trump prevent Mideast WAR?
Syria, Russia, Iran, Israel clash is serious
Feb 10, 2018 - An Israeli warplane was shot down and its 2 pilots ejected in northern Israel. One of them was very seriously injured. The Syrian missiles which hit an Israeli F-16 are commanded by Russia. The F-16 was shot down during an Israeli air strike against Iran facility at the T-4 air base near Palmyra, which had launched a UAV into Israeli airspace that morning.

Missiles were fired from Lebanon on further Israeli air strikes against Syria-Iran targets later. Jerusalem appealed to Washington and Moscow.

Israel holds Lebanon responsible.
Israel warns Syria and Lebanon
Don’t test us!
tinyurl.com/MdEarmegnWAR


Golan Heights
Israel strikes in Syria after Iran drone infiltration.
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-launches-large-scale-attack-in-syria-after-drone-infiltration


Turkey causing major escalation in Syria
Feb 10, 2018 - Turkey will be on a collision course with Trump if it makes good on its promise to reach Manjib, home to a US Special Forces contingent.
israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/241757

Those 'Russians' killed attacking US base in Syria as part of Iran force may have been Chechen Muslims, who Putin's been fighting for many years.

US struck Russians Feb. 9 near Deir ez-Zour fighting under Iran command. Russian said they are unassociated with Russian troops. That would NOT be a USA and Russian clash.
www.debka.com/200-russian-advisers-killed-last-weeks-clash-us-forces-syria